Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has advocated stiffer penalties against rapists, paedophiles and anyone involved in child abuse to serve as deterrence to others. He also urged people of the state to stop giving alms to child beggars to […]
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Lagos-based trader has died of complications from cocaine ingestion after collapsing at the departure hall of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, last Sunday. Emmanuel Ndulue, 32, was an intending passenger on an Ethiopian airline flight to China en route Addis […]
AFTER 10 months of sitting, the Lagos Coroner’s Inquest into the collapse of a six-storey building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), yesterday, in Ikeja indicted the church for “criminal negligence” and recommended that it be prosecuted. […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said it has intercepted a man carrying US$2,198,900 at the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos. In a statement Wednesday, the agency said that one John Ibiteye, 46, is being […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday directed the Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Other Special Offences to carry out full enforcement of the law restricting street trading in the metropolis. The Governor, in a statement signed by the Secretary to […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dragged the former Governor of Adamawa State,Admiral Murtala Nyako before the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment over his alleged complicity in money laundering. Nyako who was marshaled into the court […]
The Police on Tuesday arraigned a hotel attendant, Danladi Sule, 31, in a Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, for allegedly deceiving his girl friend that he would marry her. The prosecutor, Insp. Joseph Ahua told the court that Rabiat […]
Baring any unforeseen circumstances, the coroner inquest into the Synagogue collapse building will today deliver its final verdict at the Coroner court, Ikeja. The coroner court, presided over by Chief Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe, fixed the July date after parties in […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, arrested immediate past Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido with his two sons over graft allegations. Vanguard learnt that the former governor and his two sons- Aminu and Mustapha-were picked up in Abuja on Tuesday […]
Justice Kudirat Jose of a Lagos High Court in Ikeja will today continue hearing on the N855m fraud involving the deputy manager of a bank (identity withheld), Anayo Nwosu. Nwosu is facing trial alongside an Indian national, Ashok Isran, […]